Democratic Leadership Elections

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I’m pretty anti Pelosi, but I would vote for her over Fudge.

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Really wish someone would take down Hoyer and Clyburn. Who's going to be Caucus Chair? That's my question.

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It seems pretty clear that Pelosi could easily sort this out by pledging to only serve two years.

Then Beto can be elected Speaker after winning TX-32 in 2020.

Why would the President also be the Speaker of the House

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https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1064695511964356608

Remember when I posted about how Sullivan's original carpetbagging plans were to primary Shea-Porter? And remember how the pro-Sullivan crowd said they were unsourced and couldn't be true, even though they were from a college mentor?

Yeeeeeah.

I ing hate Seth Moulton

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https://twitter.com/DanDeRoos19/status/1064646215671914497

Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about but I guess this isn't going to help her quest to become speaker.

Lance Mason was an Ohio state court judge who was removed from the bench and ultimately convicted and sent to prison for brutally beating his wife in 2014. She divorced him. Marcia Fudge wrote this letter asking that he be treated leniently by the prosecutor. He was later released after serving only nine months.

Just this past week, Lance Mason apparently murdered his now ex-wife.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2018/11/19/former-judge-brutally-assaulted-his-wife-now-shes-dead-hes-been-arrested/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.30fc0649418c

It's a bit of a gotcha, but it's always been clear that Fudge is a consummate player of the insider game and will support bad apples for power.

I honestly think Fudge's support of Mason is worth primarying her over and is a bigger deal than her challenge to Pelosi. Mason allegedly beat his wife so badly she needed reconstructive surgery, and this occured on front of their small children. Fudge, who had served as director of the office of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, implored the office she used to work for in the above letter to give him a light sentence. Well, he got a light sentence, got out and allegedly killed his wife and injured a cop while escaping. This is a big deal and shows a ridiculous lack of ethics, critical thinking, decency, leadership, etc on Fudge's part. She is not a leader and doesn't deserve to be one, IMO

Details on the case here: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/20/fudge-letter-criminal-case-1008215

Absolutely agreed. She should resign her seat.

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He used to be a corporate lawyer ffs

Anyone who actually wants any progressive change in the Democratic Party cannot be happy with this.

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1 and 3 are fine, I hate 2.

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Go Pelosi.

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https://twitter.com/rachaelmbade/status/1067879305160654848

Strange that nobody in this "new generation of leaders" we keep hearing about that allegedly wants to step up decided to step up and challenge Hoyer.

I guess either there isn't a "new generation of leaders," or for some reason they don't want to step up.

I guess that is the new leadership for you - leading by not stepping up. It is an interesting approach to leadership.

Yeah, seriously. My problem is more with Clyburn and Hoyer than with Pelosi.

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https://twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1067844773988298752

https://twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/175689066732470272?lang=en

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Didn't know where else to put this but lol

Moulton calls out Ocasio-Cortez's tweet defending Pelosi as 'offensive'

I ind Seth Moulton offensive